The Secret Garden is a 3 1/2 acre site, a haven amid dense housing, implementing organic permaculture of plants and promoting wildlife. It is run by the charity Mind to provide people with an environment supporting mental health. My son has the great good fortune to be support worker there. He originally trained in 3D design and then horticulture. He is using these skills in a way that makes the garden accessible to individuals and which also reaches out to the community. Weekends during May, they are raising funds through plant sales. My wife, nephew and step-daughter have all been baking cakes for this enterprise.
The beds contain diverse growing frames, some simple and functional, others spiralling out of the ground. I spent a few minutes yesterday sketching, in my smallest pad, first a willow growing frame and then a metallic sculpture turning gently in the wind, both set by the pond, home to newts.
Lovely drawings and a great cause. May you have many sales! (K)
What a fabulous place. I love the texture in these drawings, vibrant